题目内容
A boy walked along Carver Street, singing a sad song. He walked with his head down. Once he looked up and noticed the sign across the empty street, painted on the side of an old house. On the sign a big woman with yellow hair and a five-mile smile held out a big bottle. “Coca-Cola. Drink-Cola-Cola,” the sign said.
“Boy!” the silence was cut by a sudden cry. He turned around quickly to see who had called.
An old woman was standing at her door.
“You boy! Come here this minute!”
Slowly the boy 1onto the cold flat stones leading to the old woman’s house. When he arrived at her house, she 2out her hand and wrapped（缠住）her 3old fingers around his arm.
“Help me inside, boy,” she said. “Help me 4to my bed. What’s your name?”
“Joseph,” he said.
The old woman on the bed tried to 5up, raising herself on her elbow（肘）. Water 6from her eyes and mouth. The sight of her made Joseph feel 7.
“I’m dying, Joseph. You can see that, can’t you? I want you to write a 8for me. There’s paper and pencil on the table there.”
Joseph looked down at the 9, and then looked out of the window. He saw the sign again, “Coca-Cola. Drink Cola-Cola.”
“I want my silver ring to 10to my daughter.”
Joseph bent his small body over the table and 11the pencil slowly across the paper.
“There’s my Bible（圣经）,” the old woman said. “That’s for my daughter, too. I want a 12Christian burial（基督葬礼）with lots of singing. Write that down, too. That’s the last 13of a poor old woman.”
The boy laboured over the paper. Again he looked out of the window.
“Here. Bring it here so I can 14it.”
Joseph found the Bible, and, 15the paper inside, laid it next to the bed.
“ 16me now, boy,” she sighed. “I’m tired.”
He ran out of the house.
A cold wind blew through the 17window, but the old woman on the bed 18nothing. She was dead. The paper in the Bible moved back and forth in the wind. 19on the paper were some childish letters. They 20the words, “Coca-Cola. Drink Coca-Cola.”
1.A．rushed B．struggled C．hurried D．stepped
2.A．reached B．let C．pushed D．pointed
3.A．firm B．smooth C．dry D．fresh
4.A．back B．up C．away D．ahead
5.A．sit B．get C．stand D．wake
6.A．fell B．burnt C．burst D．ran
7.A．ill B．sick C．unpleasant D．funny
8.A．letter B．note C．will D．message
9.A．table B．pen C．paper D．woman
10.A．send B．go C．belong D．come
11.A．moved B．drew C．used D．pulled
12.A．great B．merry C．splendid D．real
13.A．hope B．chance C．opinion D．wish
14.A．sign B．read C．remember D．copy
15.A．setting B．hiding C．placing D．laying
16.A．Hold B．Leave C．Excuse D．Pardon
17.A．large B．open C．small D．pretty
18.A．did B．saw C．felt D．knew
19.A．Described B．Printed C．Recorded D．Written
20.A．formed B．spelled C．organized D．repeated
1.D
2.A
3.C
4.B
5.A
6.D
7.B
8.C
9.C
10.B
11.A
12.D
13.D
14.A
15.C
16.B
17.B
18.C
19.D
20.A
About ten years ago, a young and very successful businessman named Josh was traveling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit too fast in his shiny, black, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE, which was only two months old.
He was watching for kids rushing out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no child came out, but a brick sailed out and—WHUMP! —it hit the Jag’s shiny black side door! Immediately Josh stopped the car, jumped out, seized the kid and pushed him up against a parked car. He shouted at the kid, “What was that all about and who are you? That’s my new Jag, that brick you threw is gonna cost you a lot of money. Why did you throw it? ”
“Please, mister, please. . . I’m sorry! I didn’t know what else to do! ” begged the youngster. “I threw the brick because no one else would stop! ” Tears were streaming down the boy’s face as he pointed around the parked car. “It’s my brother, mister” he said. “He rolled off the curb (路沿) and fell out of his wheelchair and I can’t lift him up. ”Sobbing, the boy asked the businessman, “ Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He’s hurt and he’s too heavy for me. ”
Moved beyond words, the young businessman tried hard to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. Straining, he lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief and wiped the scrapers and cuts, checking to see that everything was going to be OK. He then watched the younger brother push him down the sidewalk toward their home.
It was a long walk back to the black, shining 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE—a long and slow walk. Josh never did fix the side door of his Jaguar. He kept the dent (凹痕) to remind him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get his attention. Feel for the bricks of life coming at you.
【小题1】The boy threw a brick at the businessman’s car because _____ .
| A．the businessman drove at a high speed |
| B．he envied the brand-new car very much |
| C．he wanted to get help from the driver |
| D．he wanted to ask for some money |
a. The younger brother threw a brick at Josh’s car.
b. The elder brother fell out of his wheelchair.
c. The younger brother begged Josh for help.
d. Josh lifted the elder brother back into his wheelchair.
e. Josh shouted at the younger brother.
| A．a, c, b, e, d | B．a, c, d, b, e |
| C．b, a, c, e, d | D．b, a, e, c, d |
| A．Josh would accept the money from the kids. |
| B．Josh was a kind-hearted man |
| C．The two kids were Josh’s neighbors. |
| D．Josh’s new car broke down easily. |
| A．trying to be more understanding seeing others in trouble |
| B．driving fast in a neighborhood street is dangerous |
| C．trying to get ready for the trouble in your future life |
| D．protecting oneself from being hurt |
Goldie’s Secret
She turned up at the doorstep of my house in Cornwall. No way could I have sent her away. No way, not me anyway. Maybe someone had kicked her out of their car the night before. “We’re moving house.”; “No space for her any more with the baby coming.” “We never really wanted her, but what could we have done? She was a present.” People find all sorts of excuses for abandoning an animal. And she was one of the most beautiful dogs I had ever seen.
I called her Goldie. If I had known what was going to happen I would have given her a more creative name. She was so unsettled during those first few days. She hardly ate anything and had such an air of sadness about her. There was nothing I could do to make her happy, it seemed. Heaven knows what had happened to her at her previous owner's. But eventually at the end of the first week she calmed down. Always by my side, whether we were out on one of our long walks or sitting by the fire.
That's why it was such a shock when she pulled away from me one day when we were out for a walk. We were a long way from home, when she started barking and getting very restless. Eventually I couldn't hold her any longer and she raced off down the road towards a farmhouse in the distance as fast as she could.
By the time I reached the farm I was very tired and upset with Goldie. But when I saw her licking (舔) the four puppies (幼犬) I started to feel sympathy towards them. “We didn't know what had happened to her,” said the woman at the door. “I took her for a walk one day, soon after the puppies were born, and she just disappeared.” “She must have tried to come back to them and got lost,” added a boy from behind her.
I must admit I do miss Goldie, but I've got Nugget now, and she looks just like her mother. And I’ve learnt a good lesson: not to judge people.
1.How did the author feel about Goldie when Goldie came to the house?
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A．Shocked. |
B．Sympathetic. |
C．Annoyed. |
D．Upset. |
2.In her first few days at the author's house, Goldie .
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A．felt worried |
B．was angry |
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C．ate a little |
D．sat by the fire |
3.Goldie rushed off to a farmhouse one day because she .
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A．saw her puppies |
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B．heard familiar barking |
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C．wanted to leave the author |
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D．found her way to her old home |
4.The passage is organized in order of .
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A．time |
B．effectiveness |
C．importance |
D．complexity |